View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Robert when he moved to Europe with his mother in Chapter 2?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

2. Why were CIA agents placed in safe houses?
(a) Hotels didn't have access to communications.
(b) Hotels were used by communists.
(c) Hotels were insecure.
(d) Hotels were too expensive.

3. What did Robert's first Indian officer contact tell him?
(a) That he regretted his country's alliance with the French.
(b) That he regretted his country's alliance with the British.
(c) That he regretted his country's alliance with the Americans.
(d) That he regretted his country's alliance with the Soviets.

4. What did the CIA HQ try to find out about Robert's Arab contact?
(a) If he was a double spy and a liar.
(b) If he was sent to try to turn Robert.
(c) If he was trustworthy.
(d) If he was working for the Soviets.

5. What did Robert learn to do without blowing his hands off?
(a) Defused bombs.
(b) Fired a rocket.
(c) Fired from a car.
(d) Blast cap crimping.

6. What university did Robert go to?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Brown.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Georgetown University.

7. What did Robert get that the CIA sought for years?
(a) Manual for a T-45 tank.
(b) Manual for a T-81 tank.
(c) Manual for a T-72 tank.
(d) Manual for a T-65 tank.

8. How did Robert's interlocutor expect to hit Hafiz Al-Asad?
(a) With a missile.
(b) With a gun.
(c) By poisoning him.
(d) With a knife.

9. Where do most CIA case officers spend their days?
(a) Typing reports.
(b) In mundane jobs.
(c) Playing.
(d) Training.

10. Who was questioning Robert Baer?
(a) The NSA.
(b) The Secret Service.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The FBI.

11. How many CIA agents died in the Beirut bombing in 1983?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

12. Where was Robert reassigned at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Beirut.
(c) Bagdad.
(d) Paris.

13. What was India crawling with according to Robert?
(a) MI6 agents.
(b) KGB agents.
(c) The DGSE Agents.
(d) CIA agents.

14. Why did the CIA prefer a typewriter to computers according to Robert?
(a) The CIA didn't have encryption methods.
(b) Computers could not be destroyed.
(c) The ribbon could be destroyed.
(d) The CIA didn't want to train operatives.

15. What did Robert try for the first time with his Arab contact?
(a) Tried to kill him.
(b) Tried to extract vital information.
(c) Tried to recruit him.
(d) Tried to make him leave the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who summoned Robert Baer?

2. What terrorist did the Wahibis of Saudi Arabian spawn?

3. What was the India CIA chief's nick name?

4. What was Robert given by the CIA?

5. Why was Robert Baer summoned?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 459 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample